American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, suspended a week ago for controversial remarks in the wake of the death of American conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, walked back into his television studio today, greeted by a standing ovation and chants of “Jimmy! Jimmy!”.
Despite fears that the three-way clash between Donald Trump’s White House, conservative owned-TV stations which had threatened to boycott Kimmel’s show and Kimmel’s employer Disney would take months to repair, at just under a week Kimmel’s suspension was relatively brief.
“I am happy to be here with you tonight,” Kimmel told his audience. “I am not sure who had a weirder 48 hours, me or the CEO of Tylenol,” referring to news coverage of President Trump’s comments that paracetamol, an over-the-counter pain medication, is